1961 Allsvenskan
# 1961 Allsvenskan

Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1961.

## Overview

The league was contested by 12 teams, with IF Elfsborg winning the championship.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | IF Elfsborg (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 31 | |
| 2 | IFK Norrköping | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 26 | |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 26 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Örebro SK | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 24 | |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | IFK Malmö | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 22 | |
| 7 | Örgryte IS | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Hälsingborgs IF | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 20 | |
| 9 | Degerfors IF | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 20 | |
| 10 | Hammarby IF | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 19 | |
| 11 | AIK (R) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 18 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 12 | Sandvikens IF (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 13 | Relegation to Division 2 |

* ↑ IFK Göteborg qualified for the European Cup as Allsvenskan leaders in the spring of 1961.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIK | DIF | HAIF | HÄIF | IFE | IFKG | IFKM | IFKN | MFF | SIF | ÖSK | ÖIS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AIK | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Degerfors IF | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Hammarby IF | 1–2 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Hälsingborgs IF | 1–1 | 6–3 | 4–2 | | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| IF Elfsborg | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| IFK Göteborg | 4–1 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 3–3 | 5–5 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–6 | 3–3 |
| IFK Malmö | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| IFK Norrköping | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Malmö FF | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 |
| Sandvikens IF | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–6 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Örebro SK | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Örgryte IS | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
